| 100% | TITANIC | 7 | DiCaprio and Winslet were on this sinking ship |
| 42% | ARABIAN | 7 | Yemen and Oman are on this Peninsula |
| 42% | MIAMIVICE | 9 | Tubbs and Crockett were on this detective show |
| 39% | STAT | 4 | "I am on Grey's Anatomy, and this is urgent!" |
| 39% | SABBATH | 7 | The child born on this day is bonny and blithe |
| 39% | AFT | 3 | On a ship, this is the word for behind |
| 38% | LEAVEITTOBEAVER | 15 | This and Sputnik 1 were launched on the same day |
| 37% | AFRICA | 6 | Cairo and Mombasa are cities on this continent |
| 36% | DIGITS | 6 | There are five of these on each hand and each foot |
| 36% | BREAKIN | 7 | On a new Tesla, this period is still needed for the tires and gearbox |
| 35% | SOS | 3 | "Rescue this sinking ship!" |
| 35% | TAP | 3 | Beer may be on this |
| 34% | LEAVING | 7 | Peter, Paul and Mary are doing this on a jet plane |
| 34% | HOLD | 4 | A caller may be on this |
| 34% | SOS | 3 | "Please rescue us from this sinking ship!" |
| 34% | MULLIGANS | 9 | These might be given on a golf course, after the ends of 17-, 25-, 39- and 51-Across |
| 34% | HITLIST | 7 | It's dangerous to be on this |
| 34% | CSPAN | 5 | A political debate might be on this |
| 33% | NEWYORKMARATHON | 15 | Event held on the first Sunday in November, and whose path is recreated in this puzzle |
| 33% | SWEATITOUT | 10 | Be on pins and needles |
| 33% | TITANIC | 7 | 1997 epic romance film starring Kate Winslet and Leonardo DiCaprio about the real-life ship that sank in 1912 |
| 33% | MAYFLOWER | 9 | This September will mark the 400th anniversary of the departure of this ship on its hazardous ten week journey |
| 33% | EID | 3 | This could be "___ al-Adha" and falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, lasting for four days |
| 33% | PAYROLL | 7 | Employees are on this to get their salaries |
| 33% | ASCENDS | 7 | Is on the up and up? |
| 33% | ASCEND | 6 | Be on the up and up? |
| 32% | ADAR | 4 | Moses is reputed to have been born and to have died on the seventh day of this month |
| 32% | NEPAL | 5 | Mount Everest is on this country's northern border |
| 32% | ESD | 3 | USNS Montford Point and USNS John Glenn are the first two US Navy ships of this classification (abbr.) |
| 32% | TITANIC | 7 | Rose and Jack fell in love on this cruise ship |